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Nikolaos Margioris (Greek: Νικόλαος Μαργιωρής; 1913–1993) was a Greek
esoteric Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to categorise a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society. These ideas a ...
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, and author. He taught for many decades various
metaphysical Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...
and philosophical subjects. He wrote also many practical and philosophical books.


Biography

Nikolaos Margioris was born in the island of
Samos Samos (, also ; el, Σάμος ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait. It is also a separate ...
on 15 December 1913. He moved to
Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
,
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
at a very young age. He fought in World War Two and in the
Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος όλεμος ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom ...
. He fought in World War II as a reserve officer, where he was seriously injured in
El Alamein El Alamein ( ar, العلمين, translit=al-ʿAlamayn, lit=the two flags, ) is a town in the northern Matrouh Governorate of Egypt. Located on the Arab's Gulf, Mediterranean Sea, it lies west of Alexandria and northwest of Cairo. , it had ...
and in Rimini. For his services to the country he was honored with many medals (it is worth mentioning the Grand Cross) as well as with the veteran’s disability pension. Later, he was in
Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...
and
India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
for his training for almost one decade. He returned in Alexandria afterwards, where he started teaching to sophisticated people of the region. He left Egypt in 1958 with his family, and moved to
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,
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. He created many philosophical schools called Omakoio (Ομακοείο), in many different Greek cities. Margioris wrote more than 33 books. He died on the 6th of May 1993. Margioris was listed in the 60th place of the '' 100 Great Greeks'' Greek TV show, which ranked the most important figures in Greek history. The reasoning behind was that he greatly contributed to the formation, presentation and popularization of the Greek metaphysical philosophy based on the comparative analysis of the most popular international philosophical views in this area with the corresponding Greek views. Margioris was a uniquely gifted modern esoteric experiential personality, of multiple talents and of unprecedented dynamism and productivity, who noiselessly passed the threshold of his country, delivered the quintessence of integrated spiritual experiences that summarizes the interaction of a metaphysical worldview in the oriental cultures and the
ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...
,
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and Christian Orthodox view of life and death. Margioris had a son, and a daughter. His son is Andrew Margioris, a Greek endocrinologist and former Chief Editor of the Hormones Endocrine journal.


Metaphysical philosophy

Nikolaos Margioris considered
metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...
as the only truth, believing that it is possible for the man to realize the truth. In his writings he deals with issues such as arithmosofia (wisdom of the numbers), considered
pseudomathematics Pseudomathematics, or mathematical crankery, is a mathematics-like activity that does not adhere to the framework of rigor of formal mathematical practice. Common areas of pseudomathematics are solutions of problems proved to be unsolvable or re ...
or
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by scientists. Books such as ''Dravidians, the Pre-hellenic Greeks'' belong to the movement of
Neopythagoreanism Neopythagoreanism (or neo-Pythagoreanism) was a school of Hellenistic philosophy which revived Pythagorean doctrines. Neopythagoreanism was influenced by middle Platonism and in turn influenced Neoplatonism. It originated in the 1st century BC ...
. He describes myths as reality, like the war of the Atlanteans against Dravidians, which he places chronologically around 16,000 years BC, a time where is no documentation.


Work

After 23 years of metaphysical publications (1970–1993), he wrote 33 books of clearly Esoteric subject-matter, with an incredible and unprecedented metaphysical analysis which led to increasing popularity for those who know the subject. He also wrote multiple essays on various Esoteric matters. He circulated the metaphysical journal ''OMAKOIO''. He created a field of studies through correspondence courses under the name Esoteric Key. In this field, the students received instruction characterized by a deep, theoretical and practical Esoteric analysis, in many different courses. Every three months, he held seminars in Shiatsu lasting for many days in which he himself not only taught Shiatsu but a lot of other Esoteric therapeutic systems among which were also his own discoveries. Apart from teaching therapeutic systems, he himself applied therapies. Also, his students who had been instructed in these techniques applied these therapies. Meanwhile, a school of
Kriya Yoga ''Kriyā'' (Sanskrit: क्रिया, 'action, deed, effort') is a "completed action", technique or practice within a yoga discipline meant to achieve a specific result. Kriya or Kriya Yoga may also refer to: * Kriya Yoga school The K ...
was established, bringin Kriya Yoga in Greece for the first time. He himself taught the pure and complete
Raja Yoga ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in history of South Asia, South Asia and History of ...
, as well as many other yoga systems like
Mantram A mantra (Pali: ''manta'') or mantram (मन्त्रम्) is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words in Sanskrit, Pali and other languages believed by practitioners to have religious, ma ...
,
Karma Karma (; sa, कर्म}, ; pi, kamma, italic=yes) in Sanskrit means an action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptivel ...
, Gnani-a, Bakti-a, Kundalini. He also started teaching in Greece the mysticism of Christianity, and the Christocentral mysticism. All his lectures and didactic activities took place in his seat, in his Spiritual Laboratory, which, from its establishment in 1976, he called the Omakoio of Athens in memory of the Omakoio which
Pythagoras Pythagoras of Samos ( grc, Πυθαγόρας ὁ Σάμιος, Pythagóras ho Sámios, Pythagoras the Samos, Samian, or simply ; in Ionian Greek; ) was an ancient Ionians, Ionian Ancient Greek philosophy, Greek philosopher and the eponymou ...
first established in Croton of South Italy. In 1972, he established the Association The Pious Pilgrims, where he tirelessly held free lectures on various Esoteric subjects.


Bibliography

* (2000) ''Pythagorian Arithmosophy'' * (2000) ''Kriya Yoga'' * (1999) ''The Eleftherian Mysteries'' * (1998) ''Apocryphology'' * (1997) ''In the days of the Great Cretan King Minos'' * (1997) ''The secret of Hatha Yoga'' * (1996) ''Dravidians, the Pre-hellenic Greeks'' * (1996) ''Therapeutic without drugs, cheiroplastic'' * (1996) ''Karma'' * (1994) ''The other aspect of Erich von Däniken's Dogma'' * (1994) ''Mystical Teachings - Part Three'' * (1993) ''Mystical Teachings - Part Two'' * (1993) ''Therapeutic without drugs'' * (1993) ''Afterlife'' * (1992) ''Apocryphology - Part Two'' * (1992) ''White Magic'' * (1991) ''Apocryphology - Part One'' * (1991) ''Mystical Teachings - Part One'' * (1991) ''Mysticism'' * (1991) ''Pharaohs Akhenaten and Tutankhamun'' * (1990) ''Birth and Death of Worlds'' * (1990) ''Therapeutic without drugs'' * (1990) ''Psychotherapeutic method without drugs'' * (1990) ''Reincarnation'' * (1989) ''Karma'' * (1989) ''Three-dimensional and fourth dimensional visible and not visible world'' * (1989) ''Three-dimensional and fourth dimensional world'' * (1988) ''Aposymbolism of Hellenic Mythology'' * (1988) ''The last day of Socrates'' * (1987) ''Thiourgy teaches the eternal path of the soul'' * (1987) ''Patapios'' * (1987) ''Light in the Darkness'' * (1985) ''Metaphysical Encyclopedia - Part Two'' * (1985) ''Metaphysical Encyclopedia - Part One'' * (1983) ''Raja Yoga'' * (1980) ''Barefoot they dance on fire'' * (1979) ''Dravidians, the Pre-hellenic Greeks''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Margioris, Nikolaos 1913 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Greek philosophers Greek expatriates in Egypt Writers from Alexandria People from Alexandria Greek military personnel of World War II People from Samos